San Francisco public defender asks city to fund initiative to protect immigrants

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- ABC7 News has learned that the San Francisco public defender is asking the city to fund a multi-million dollar initiative to hire lawyers to defend undocumented immigrants if the Trump administration goes through with mass deportations.

Jeff Adachi is taking a chapter from New York City's plan to protect immigrants. It's basically the same idea that New York implemented two years ago.

Adachi says all he's talking about is everyone's right to due process.

President-elect Donald Trump says he'll deport millions of undocumented immigrants. He'll start first with those who have criminal records, that could mean the lowest level offenders.